aung san suu kyi's party the n.l.d. won knows elections last year with a landslide majority. however she is still barred from becoming the country's president. as wayne hay reports, last minute negotiations are on to remove that barrier. >> reporter: despite her party winning last year's election comfortably, aung san suu kyi, the leaders of n.l.d., cannot become the press of myanmar at the moment because of a clause in the constitution that states that anyone who has immediate family members who are foreign nationals, as aung san suu kyi does, cannot become the president. we know that she has been in negotiations with the head of the military which, of course, remain ks a very powerful political force in myanmar to get them to support a parliamentary vote that would allow for the suspension of that article of the constitution, effectively put that article aside to allow aung san suu kyi to become the president. any permanent change to the constitution, though, will require a referendum. so now we know that on march 17 we will know who the nominees for the president and vice

questions tonight about the leadership of myanmar activist and former peace prize winner aung san suu kyi. critics say she's actually in favor of an asian version of apartheid. >> a ra random individual decids to be evil, i don't know what you say about that. >> an uber driver arrested for a killing spree that killed at least six people. >>> and a battle between two titans. apple versus the fbi, the struggle for privacy and security. it's the topic of the week ahead. and we begin tonight in the race for the white house, which is intensifying after a very dramatic saturday primary and caucus. the major candidates are out in full force right now and they are literally taking a ride across the country. let's take a look at this map here which shows you the locations of the democrats, and where they head just today. you can see that bernie sanders he went down to south carolina. this will be the scene of the next democratic primary, and in south carolina, senator sanders is polling way behind secretary clinton. he would like to see if he can pick up mowm mowm and momentum. polling in two stat

effectively put that article aside to allow aung san suu kyi to become the president. any permanent change to the constitution, though, will require a referendum. so now we know that on 17 march we will know who the nominees for the president and vice president positions will be and it is then that we will find out whether the negotiations between aung san suu kyi and the military have been successful or not >>> the voters in new hampshire will choose their preferred presidential candidates on tuesday. independent voters who are not dedicated to either republicans or democrats could have a big say in who wins. the idea there are huge numbers of votes to be swayed could be a myth. >> reporter: it is a state which prides itself on its independent pioneering spirit. it says there on the licence plate. they vet presidential candidates. the first election deciding who goes on from here. that means the candidates chasing the independent vote. that's a difficult line to follow. they have to convince the party faithful they are truth to their beliefs. it is estimated 40% of ne

and aung san suu kyi. what is the first order of the day? >> reporter: that's right. this has been a good first session. the inaugustaugural session is over in a tricky transfer, a tricky relationship between a popularly elected civilian administration and the military because the military still keep a firm grip on power here. this is more like a power sharing agreement if you will. the military still have 25% of all the seats in parliament. they still have control over the key ministries. they also have the power of veto of any changes in the constitution. this is very much a government by compromise. yes, the n.l.d. is in power and they get to form the new government and frame government policy, choose the direction for myanmar, but they do so looking over their shoulder all the time of whether they have approval from the military. i think from the military's point of view their concern will be that they want to have a general facing various charges or corruption, which they might do from the years of their administrative here. as long as they feel comfortable that

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aung san suu kyi and her n.l.d. may not have created those problems, but they do now own them and there is a high expectation they're going to fix them. >> translation: this government is going to be better. it will be the government we never had before. >> translation: this government will be more transparent and reliable. in the past we didn't know what was going on >> translation: i have confidence in aung san suu kyi and that's why i voted for her. >> reporter: with the military retaining a grip on power, the new administration will have to govern, constantly looking over its shoulder to see what the generals think, but without betraying the masss that came out to vote for them. this is a people who expect results, for whom change is long overdue >>> greece has been threatened by the european union with expulsion from the schengen free travel zone. it comes as aid groups say there has been a spike of port augusta bling-- people smuggling. >> reporter: on this northern greek border you can see how dysfunctional e

. >> aung san suu kyi has told al jazeera that they're investigating ways for her to become myanmar's next president. aung san suu kyi's party won last year's election comfortbly but she's constitutionally barred from the presidency, but there may be a way to get around the constitution. >> we're considering suspend or we can stay for temporary section 59 i think there will be no restriction in aung san suu kyi becoming president. >> three people were injured by a leopard which wandered into a school in india. the counter attacks he was trying to escape over a gate. the chase lasted several hours until forest workers managed to shoot the leep ward with a tranquilizer dart. >>> now showcasing the works of five depettens who have--five tibetans who have set themselves on fire was covered up. they threatened there would be consequences if the artworks were not removed. we have more. >> it could be an artistic statement about censorship itself by blank pages covering up works of art. but that was not the original intention of the artist. the final panelists contain letter letters of five

aung san suu kyi and her national lead for democracy, or n.l.d., may not have created those problem, but they do now own them and there's an expectation that they're going to fix them >> translation: this government will be better. it is a government we never had before. >> translation: this government will be more transparent and reliable. in the past we didn't know what was going on. >> translation: i have confidence in aung san suu kyi and that's why i voted for her. >> reporter: with the military retaining the grip on power, the new administration will have to govern constantly looking over its shoulder to see what the generals think, but without betraying the tufts for the masses that came out to-- trust of the masses that came out to support them >>> many have been stranded in central china's railway station where snow in the region has disrupted the travel rush. they're expected to make 2.9 billion trips during the 40-day period which began on january 21. greece has been threatened by the european union with expulsion from the schengen free zone to failing from stopping refuge

he's a senior nld member and an aide to aung san suu kyi. the deputy speaker was chosen from the military-backed party in a sign of reconciliation. now they'll start the process to select the country's president which ends with a vote by the upper and lower chambers. although she leads the nld, the country's constitution makes it difficult for aung san suu kyi to become president. it doesn't allow anyone with a foreign spou or child from assuming the post. her sons are british nationals. she has significant public support and has expressed her strong resolve to lead the new government, saying her position would be above the president. the new government will take over from the current military-led regime in march. >>> the bank of japan's latest easing is having a big impact on financial markets. gene otani joins us with details on that and other headlines from the business desk, gene? >> thanks, james. share prices worldwide rose sharply after the bank of japan announced its negative interest rate policy on friday. many investors are also bu

aung san suu kyi's n.l.d. won the election in october. the w.h.o. organization last declared a global health emergency in 2014. the threat then was the ebola outbreak which killed more than 11,000 people. our correspondent takes a look at how the threat of the zika virus compares. >> reporter: ebola and zika are transmitted by person to person contact and is highly contagious for weeks and zika is not. it is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito. people are contagious for a few days. ebola suffers have severe symptoms and about half of those that catch it die. the rashes and other symptoms with zika are mild. many don't know they have it and needing medical attention is uncommon, deaths are rare. the greatest threat to life appears to be its effect on unborn babies whose mothers catch the virus during pregnancy. zika is strongly suspected of causing a brain birth defect which results in babies having unusually small heads. there are normally between 2 and 12 cases of this for every 10,000 newborns. in brazil doctors ro reporting higher rates, a

led by aung san suu kyi was sworn in on monday. al jazeera's rob mcbride reports from the capital >> reporter: this transition of power is taking place in the parliament at the far end of this main thoroughfare in the purpose-built but still largely deserted capital. it is seen by many as an folly to the years of military control. the changes promise to roll back the military years impacting the whole of myanmar. a few kilometers from that world is the reality of a country mired in poverty driven by ethnic divisions. aung san suu kyi and her national lead for democracy, or n.l.d., may not have created those problems but they do now own them and there's a high expectation they're going to fix them >> translation: this government will be better. >> translation: this government will be more transparent and reliable and in past we didn't know what was going on >> translation: i have confidence in aung san suu kyi and that's why i voted for her. >> reporter: with the military retaining the grip on power, the new administration will have

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aung san suu kyi's sons are british. and lists say she could be seeking to become president herself through a constitutional revision or other means. >>> the president of the regional government in eye wrack has called for the region for a referend referendum. he made the proposal in the face of ongoing fierce fighting between iraqi kirds and islamic state militants. conditions are now suitable for the kirds to make a decision on their future. he added a referendum would not necessarily lead to an immediate declaration of state hood, but it would show that the will of the people, the wilf his people regarding their future. he did not refer to the exact timing of the poll, but local media reported last month that he told political parties it should take place by november of this year. the kird government is trying to strengthen it's ceconomy. turkey through pipelines oil. kurdish fighters as a key force against islamic state militants. if he pushes ahead, the central government is likely to react shortly and that could af

aung san suy kyi's late husband was a britain and so were her children.ritics say she should concentrate on uniting the country than being the president. >> she should use all her wisdom. and prioritise whether they want to spend the first two years on amending the constitution or on peace building. they should set the priority. >> the legal expert says they should suspend the law >>> haiti's leadership shows no sign of ending, the crisis - the prime minister planning to resign to clear the way for a temporary government to govern in place of outgoing president martelly. there is no successor because the run off voit was cancelled. parliament would by given the power to name a ruling council much ministers. [ ♪ ] >>> tonight the that song is adding to the drama. sung by haitian president under the stage name suite mickey. it attacks the title for give them the banana. sexually suggestived lyrics are brect at the critics. among them a journalist in human rights. >> the british prime minister david cameron welcomed draft proposals aimed at keeping the u.k.

suu kyi cannot be president. do we have a clue who it will be? is incredible to think the elections were in november. here we are on the first day of parliament. and we do not know much more than we did in november when she won the election. we do not know who the candidate is for the presidency. we should have something by mid february because the current president steps down at the end of february. it will be decided by the beginning of march. so let's look out for that one. we do not have any clues about cabinet ministers either. when names come out, she tries to quash that. a lot of opacity, i suppose. rishaad: talking of opacity, what about policy? >> once again, we know some of the broad structures of policy they want to bring in. their want to broaden the tax base, but we do not know how. they want more foreign investment, but we do not know which industries. rishaad: cannot be all of them. >> she will have unprecedented accent -- access to talk internationally. this is a woman with an extraordinary amount of contact with very important bu

kyi's party won 80% of elected seats in the election and is expected to form a government. its powers will be limited. a quarter of the parliament seats are reserved for the military, which retains control of several key ministries. aung san suu kyi is also constitutionally barred from running for president because her sons are british and not burmese. however, she will continue to exert influence by acting, in her words, "above the president." will also have to contend with ethnic rebellion in several parts of the country. as fighting continues in many states. a scent -- a taliban bomber struck in kabul today, just days before a fresh round of international talks aimed at reviving the peace talks. dozens more were wounded in the bombing at the entrance of the base. in syria, the death toll from the suicide attack in damascus sunday is now up to 70 dead. the triple bombing of the holiest shiite tribe in syria has been claimed by the islamic state group leader that attack highlights the urgency for new peace talks that are getting underway in geneva. the ongoing crisis in sy

aung san suy kyi won elections in novembererbing more than 50 years of military rule. the military will have significant australians. >>> hundreds of politicians have been sworn into parliament in myanmar. >> reporter: members of parliament from the myanmar national league for democracy or ald take power. it's a power shared. after half a century in control, the military retain a firm hold. they get a quarter of all seats, keech control of military and can block change. analysts say that will make it difficult for the n.l.d. to govern. >> i think as far as the military appointments is sitting in the parliament. the government cannot govern effectively. >> the military themselves were not saying too much. is it going to be a good a workable government? hello? during the years of military rule, n.l.d. supporter was constantly in and out of detention. rerkon silliation will take effort. >> translation: it is a very sensitive time. negotiations need to take place to build up trust. >> this is a country in need of effective government. >> referred to as democracy on a leash

aung san suu kyi's n.l.d. won elections in november ending more than 50 years of military rule. french and belgium leaders are due to hold an anti terrorism summit in brussels to discuss sharing intelligence and improving security measures, but there are concerns the meeting won't address underlying social causes. >> reporter: on the surface life in brussels is deceptively normal. this popular market draws to youists and locals as it has always been. but military patrols are never far way. a reminder of the manhunt for the suspects of the paris attacks. an attack is still possible and problem. for many-- pro about aple. >> i don't really think a lot of people are stopping on doing their daily business >> reporter: when french and belgium politicians meet on monday it is to find shared solution to the threat of violence. there have been major flaws in policing that countries are eager to close. all but two of the known man of the attacks were from belgium or france. the police are still looking for these two men. they managed to escape paris passing through check point because he

aung san suy kyi's party won the elections with a land slide majority. she is barred from becoming president. wayne hay reports on last-minute obligations on to remove the barrier. >> despite her party winning the elections last year, the leader cannot become the president of myanmar at the moment. because of a clause in the constitution stating anyone with family members who are foreign nationals cannot become the president. but we know she has been in negotiation with the head of the military, which remains a powerful force in myanmar, to support a vote that would allow for the suspension of that article of the constitution, putting that article aside to allow aung san suy kyi to well president. a permanent change becomes the referendum. on march 17th, we know who are the nominees for the president and vice president. they will find out if negotiations are between aung san suy kyi and the military, have been successful or not >>> chinese communities have welcomed the new year, marking the beginning of the chinese calendar. this is the biggest and suppo

can stay for temporarily that section 59 59f, i think there will be no restriction for aung san suu kyi to become president. and we can elect aung san suu kyi easily. >> there have been celebrations in north korea's capital after sunday's rocket launch. thousands of people gathered for a parade in pyongyang to mark the event. it was fold by a ten minute fireworks displace. threats of new u.n. sanctions, the government says the rocket was carrying a satellite. the diplomatic fallout from that launch is continuing. carrying tougher sanctioned against pyongyang. south korea fired warning shots at a north korea boat as it passed the line in the zone. >> the south korean side is very much on high alert for any further what they call provocations from north korea. the south korean defense ministry reporting that a north korean patrol came close, five warning shots were fired by vessel or vessels of the south korean navy, and that north korean patrol boat retreated north of the line within about 20 minutes. the incident was over. the presidential office was saying that a heightened alert statu

aung san suy kyi's national league for democracy party won the election, but aung san suy kyi is barred from the presidency. an advisor says there may be a way to get around the constitution. >> we are considering to suspend or to stay temporarily that section 59 f. if we suspend or we can stay for that section 59 f. there'll be no restriction to become president >>> celebrations in north korea's capital. there were thousands there for a parade at the center of pyongyang, to mark what had happened. later there was a 10 minute firework display. the launch of the rocket drew sharp international condemnation and threats of sanctions. governments said the rocket was carrying a satellite. and the diplomatic fall out from that is continuing. japan says it's getting ready for tougher sanctions against pyongyang, and adding to the tension, south korea fired warning shots at a patrol boat. after the vessel crossed the boundary in the yellow sea. harry fawcett has more. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after the north korean rocket launch, the south korean side is on high alert for further provoca

thousands of political prisoners were released, including nobel laureate aung san suu kyi. she'd been confined to 20 years' house arrest egos of her efforts to bring full democracy to the country. her vision is shared by kinchit. announcer: these young people believe that the path to a full democracy is through a system of free debate and critical thinking. they want people to acquire public speaking skills and to be able to stand up for their rights without fear of oppression. kinchit's experience as a debate activist motivated her to create an opportunity for young people to strengthen their communication skills. she introduced a project called debate education for demracy into the school's curriculum. she and her friend myat have been inspired by international examples. they took part in a debate tournament held in neighboring thailand. announce now, bo myat and aung have a chance to serve as judges at the first public debate forum, organized by kinchit, which was held in mandalay in august 2015. the project and the forum, which aim to strengthen debating skills in myanm

aung san suy kyi's late husband was british and her sons. the national lead for democracy wants the law changed. they won the landslide victory in november >>> teenage pregnancy rates across the world declined, except in the philippines, according to the u.n. recent government cuts are not helping the situation. >> reporter: van eta is 22 years old. she has two boys, and a baby from a current partner. she was not given family planning advice. she never thought having unsafe sex would lead to pregnancy. my mother asked why i wasn't having my period. she said i may be pregnant. multiple partners and no condom use were given the two factors. the report says one in 10 filipino women in the 15-19 age range is a mother. that is it twice the rate of 10 years ago. >> in 2012, the supreme court ruled it was constitutional to reimplement the law. >> it meant schools would have to teach. it has a lot of influence in the country. 80% are practicing kath likes, surveys suggest that the wider government supports family planning. a bogement ear-marked init

aung san suu kyi party has won control, as rob mcbride reports the military will still have a significant role. >> reporter: members of parliament from myanmar's national league for democracy or nld finally take power but it is a power shared. after half a century in control the military will still retain a firm hold. they get a quarter of all seats in parliament, keep control of important ministries and can block any constitutional change. analysts say that will make it difficult for the nld to govern. >> i think as long as the military appointments are sitting in the parliament, thenld government cannot govern effectively. >> the military themselves were not saying too much. >> is it going to be a good governmental a workable government? hello? >> during the years of military rule, nld supporter wintin was constantly in and out of detention. reconciliation will take efforts. >> translator: it is a very sensitive time. negotiations need to take place to build up trust. >> this is a country in need of 7effective government. often referred to as government on a leash, there's no doubt who'

front lines are looking to the new government looking to the national league party of aung san suy kyi. >> we need to help our country. so you cannot stop this - these problem. and then we count make it with our countries. the groups have a mistrust of the myanmar army, and they believe peace is a long way off. we worry that the world might create a lot of problem. a lot to our country. and it would be difficult for the country. >> old alliances are tested more than ever in this divided area where instead of a ceasefire many soldiers are preparing for a major fight >>> a new report is warning afghanistan suffers widespread corruption despite promises by the government to carry out reform. we have more on a crisis where according to government watch dogs, they are at stake. >> this was 2013, the ex-c.e.o. convicted and sentenced it five years in prison for his role in seeing more than 900 million. this was him four months ago, seemingly a free man alongside afghan government officials, signing a multi-million real estate deal. >> it was shocking to see something like that. >> how does t

have been involved in violence >>> demonstrations in myanmar don't want australian -- aung san suy kyi to be the next preside president. the constitution bans anyone married to another nationality cannot lead. her husband is british. and so are her two sons >>> to a country with the highest teenage pregnancy rate. it helps to send the population to 100 million. family planning is cut, and the catholic church continues opposition to contraception. more from manila >>> this woman is 20 years old she has two boys, and a baby from a current partner. she was not given family planning advice. she never thought having unsafe sex would lead to pregnancy. . >> translation: it didn't cross my mind that this would happen. my mother asked why i wasn't having my period. she said i may be pregnant. it turned out i was. >> reporter: she is not the only one. viel phones were put top of a list of asian countries with the greatest number of teenage pregnancies. multiple partners and no condom use were given the two factors. for the increase in birth rates. the report says one in 10 filipino women in the

myanmar's parliamentary's upper house has convened for the first time since aung san suu kyi won. the lower house met on monday, installing the first elected government in more than 50 years. the first case of the zika virus has been reported in the u.s. with another in ireland. the infected person in dallas, texas, apparently contracted the disease through sexual transmission. chile has confirmed three cases of the virus. brazil's president declared a health emergency as her country struggles to control the zika outbreak. she says they need help to fight the virus. >> translation: we will partner with the american government with president obama. we have talked, established our capacity and improved in the sense of creating as soon as possible a vacuums ian for the zika virus >>> australia's high court has ruled the government's offshore detention program is lawful. anyone who tries to reach australia by boat to claim asylum is held on the pacific island of nauru or on mannus island in png. it could see the return of many to the detention centers there. the head of policy and adv

. >> if we can suspend temporarily, i think there will be no restriction for aung san suu kyi to become president. >> three people have been injured by the attacks say a man was trying to escape over a gate. he was chased for several hours. they managed to shoot the lebanon period with a tranquilizer gun. several artworks have been covered up after complaints of china. beijing's ambassador exploded with anger and threatened there would be consequences if the works weren't removed. al jazeera has more. >> it could be an artistic statement about centership itself by pages covering up works of art. but that was not the original intention of the artist. the panel contains letters written by self emulators who burn themselves to death and protests of autopsy of tibet. however when the chinese ambassador to bangladesh visited this art summit, he, according to one of the curators, exploded, demanding that the artwork be taken down or there would be consequences. we don't know what these consequences might be, but the summit organizers told us that they were worried that not covering these work

. >>> an advisor to aung san suu kyi has told al jazeera that these people have investigated ways for to be the next president. won last year's election be comfortablelycomfortably, but st become president. >>> britain could soon leave the european union and euro-skeptic parties are growing i in popularity. jonah hull explains why this might be. >> in a matter of months, britain is expected to hold a referendum to decide its future alongside its trading partners in the european union. successive crises have, welcome boost for populaces like the u.k. independence party. >> the eu is diminishing, its gdp is diminishing. there's an enormous exciting opportunity for countries, in particular, i'm talking about britain outside the eu. why would you shackle your self to this declining area? consequences of exiting from the eu, are for britain it could signal a scottish referendum, but it is likely to be an encouraging move for europe's populace parties, front nationall, the national front, it along with european party partners in brit and and austria, it's no longer transition is older voter

nld leader aung san suu kyi is blocked by a constitutional clause that would need to be changed from agreement with the military. in this new atmosphere of change even that seems possible. rob mcbride al jazeera, myanmar. >>> the leaders of belgium and france have vowed to work more closely on security and information sharing to prevent further incidents like last year's attacks in paris. they were planned in belgium and a subsequent investigation revealed lost opportunities between authorities in the two countries. >> translator: we have cooperation in all of the fields that we have discussed, intelligence, policing, judicial matters, strengthen our ability to investigate and detect movement of peoples who potentially are threats to our countries. >> neave barker is with us, the investigation on those attacks on paris showing the links, what do they actually plan to do together, how do they think that's going to stop further attacks? >> well, as we heard there from the french prime minister, this, mini summit is largely about finding a common solution to what is essentially a shared

known for quite a while yet >>> hundreds of demonstrators in myanmar have ram eat against aung san suu kyi becoming their next head of state. they're angry about people's changes to the kon city dues-- proposed. it bars anyone from who has british passports illegal. they want the law changed so she can become president. the race for the white house is entering a decisive stage. on tuesday 13 states and territories will hold primaries to decide who they want to be their party's nominee for president. a closer look at how one man has dominated the campaign. >> reporter: in the battleground state of virginia it doesn't take long to find someone with strong opinions about the election i think americans are worried about a lot of things. >> reporter: she is a retired lawyer and she has voted in a lot of elections. she doesn't remember anything quite like this one. mostly because donald trump is winning. >> i think he is a madman. >> reporter: businessman donald trump is leading the republican primaries so far despite or possibly because of statements like this on mexicans >> they're bringing dr

they're looking to the new government led by aung san suu kyi. >> we need to black our country so if we can cannot stop this peace problem and then we cannot make abandon our country >> reporter: the groups have a deep distrust of the myanmar army and they believe peace is a long way off. >> we are worried that the military leaders might create a lot of problem, a lot of violence to our country to make n.l.d. difficult for the country. >> reporter: old alliances are being tested in this divide area where instead of a ceasefire, many soldiers are preparing for a major fight >>> israel's supreme court has refused to end the administrative detention of a palestinian journalist on hunger strike. he has been detained in israel without charge since last november. on tuesday the court rejected his request to be transferred to a west bank hospital. he has refused food for 84 days. his lawyers say he would end his hunger strike if he was moved to a palestinian hospital. four u.s. journalists who were arrested in bahrain have been released and are on their way home despite being charged offici

lines are looking to the new government led by the national league for democracy party of aung san suu kyi >> we need to develop our country and shut down so if we can not stop this peace problem and then we cannot help our country >> reporter: the groups have a deep miss trust of the rm myanmar army and they believe peace is a long way off >> we are worried that the military leaders might create a lot of problem, a lot of violence to the country to make n.l.d. difficult for lead the country. >> reporter: old alliances are being tested more than ever in this divide area where instead of a ceasefire, many soldiers are preparing for a major fight >>> plenty more still ahead, including back at the bataclan, the eagles of death metal rock band face paris since the bataclan was targeted by terrorists in november. >>> welcome back. a look at our top stories on al jazeera. china appears to have deployed missiles on a disputed island in the south china sea. taiwan says beijing has placed surface to air missiles on an island in the paracels. the tensions in the south china sea has been at the top o

>> well, you had aung san suu kyi in burma, so there was an opposition figure who enormous whereas in terms of the politics in cuba you have a one-party system and then elements of opposition. it's not analogous to the long standing prominence of the nld and aung san suu kyi in burma including their running and winning an election in the late '80s. so the political circumstances are certainly different. julie. >> thanks. as you've outlined, the united states government has done a lot to sort of relax our restrictions and facilitate some more travel and commerce with cuba. they haven't done nearly as much on their end. if i'm not mistaken, imports were down from the u.s. last year substantially. and as you mentioned they haven't done anywhere near what we'd like to see them do on human rights. so can you just sort of address this criticism that you're getting from some of the opponents of this policy that this trip really rewards a regime that in many ways is still, you know, very much against american values and has not done what we wanted -- or what the president wanted to see happen

dung san suu kyi is banne from the role.ou've on oil-producing countries may be getting set for an emergency meeting, according to the new service, six nations have agreed to talk between opec and non-opec members. the report comes after russia said it was open to a meeting if there was consensus. the are seeing 9% gains now since wednesday here. her next guest says, in his 40 years in the oil business, he has never seen it as bad as it is today. he is a former energy adviser to iran's energy minister. he joins us live. good to talk to you. what you make of this back-and-forth oil price? is it beyond fundamentals? an impossible task. you cannot negotiate with u.s. producers. that is going to take until the end of the year. year.d of this thee is no point for meeting except as publicity. think they may be willing to do a cut now? >> it will fall by itself. have promised to cooperate but never have. they want to see of they can get points from the other side. no one believes they would deliberately cut production beyond what w

kyi will decide who is president as her nld takes charge in the first democratic parliament in decadesmuch more in this monday in addition of "asia edge ." changes investors are just into is the boj. to is the boj. opan is

they are looking for the government of aung san suy kyi. >> it's blocking our country. >> if we don't solve the problem, we cannot develop the countries. >> it has a distrust of the myanmar army and they believe peace is a long way off. >> we are worried that the leader might make it difficult for the country. >> alliances have been tested in this divided area. where in the event of a ceasefire, soldiers are preparing for a major fight. from stable politics to unstable weather. there has been stormy weather in new zealand. >> it's raging at the moment. if we look at the satellite picture we see the cloud drifting. that is a stormy condition, and brought us 200mm of wet weather. that is a lot of rain. easily enough to give us flooding and accounted by strong winds, reporting 90km gusts. stormy currently. that will continue for a few hours yet. it's beginning to calm down, but when it starts to calm down, it will be wet and miserable as it heads through the next three days. thursday there'll be plenty of wet weather, and once more there'll be more in the way of localized flooding. to th

. >> but this couple values selflessness over dollars and while they may be staying low kyi, they're getting high praise from their community. >> he seems very happy. seems very content. he has himself a real nice simple life, and bless his heart. >> in seminole, fox news. >> sonni: wanted to fix the lawn mother. >> bob: i think they can. check in with glenn for the forecast. >> glenn: some changes on the cool weather is moving in and looks like the cool weather will be sticking with us for the next seven to ten days. right now a frost advisory to the north. you'll we getting down into the mid-30s, and the winds being lighter you'll get some frost. temperatures this morning started at 41 in deland. and 44 palm coast. we have some colder pockets but too much of a breeze reasons to get any widespread frost this morning but that will start to change a little bit for tonight. temperatures this afternoon, should be in the mid-70s this time of year, but instead 66 in melbourne, 60 for a high in gainesville. right now we have temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s, look how dry the air is

aung san suy kyi's national league for democracy won a land slide in the elections, the lower house met on monday and parliament will choose the new upper house speaker. it's an historic moment for the n.l.d., which was suppressed by the military for years. >> three pakistan airline employees have been killed and several injured during a second day of protests in karachi. it was in retaliation. all flights, domestic and international have beenancedly. let's catch up with the news. a new transferred record. >> we'll get to that in a moment. we'll start with football. they've been punished for filming the opponent's challenge. the final has been fined 160,000. it shouldn't concern the club. it comes as they signed jackson martinez for a record fee. it's the biggest in the history of the super league. they were at atletico for seven months, scoring twice in 15 appearances. they signed add 4-year deal. >> it's been a busy window. martine ez moved, it's not only the largest in the history of super league, it breaks the transfer record. he moved from chelsea for a reported 36 million, seven d